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9781873410677

The Allied Occupation and Japan's Economic Miracle: Building the Foundations of Japanese Science and Technology 1945-52

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  • ISBN13:

    9781873410677

  • ISBN10:

    1873410670

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-08-19
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

There is virtually nothing - until the arrival of this study - addressing the significance of the enormous contributions in science and technology towards the realization of Japan's 'economic miracle' during the occupation period.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Foreword xi
Japanese Science and Technology Before 1945
1(11)
Scientific Investigations and Initial Controls
12(30)
First Steps
42(20)
Settling Down to Work
62(29)
Atomic Energy Controls
91(13)
First Full Year of the Occupation
104(15)
Dual Democracies at Work: The Riken Story
119(18)
Striving for Democracy in Science
137(36)
The Two National Academy Missions
173(21)
Controls versus Assistance
194(30)
Standards and Quality Control
224(24)
Technology and the Economy
248(36)
The End of the Story
284(21)
Five Decades Later
305(38)
Notes 343(32)
Appendix A: Microfiche Used 375(3)
Bibliography 378(6)
Index 384

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